Dogcows Code - chaz/tar/blob - TODO

   1 Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
   2
   3 * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
   4
   5 * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
   6
   7 * Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
   8 so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
   9 --multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives.
  10
  11 * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
  12   This would unify paxutils with tar.
  13
  14 * Remove command-line incompatibilities between GNU tar and UNIX tar
  15   as specified by UNIX98.  The main problem is:
  16
  17      l   GNU tar doesn't cross filesystem boundaries.
  18          UNIX98 tar warns if all links cannot be resolved.
  19            (GNU tar --check-links option)
  20
  21   Perhaps we could announce a phase-in period where "l" changes in semantics.
  22   In the meanwhile we could make the "l" semantics to be determined by the
  23   value of POSIXLY_CORRECT variable.
  24
  25 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
  26
  27 * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
  28
  29   From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
  30   Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
  31
  32   It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
  33   to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
  34
  35 * Add tests for testing the added functonality.
  36
  37 * Consider this:
  38
  39   From: Dennis Pund
  40   Subject: TAR suggestion...
  41   Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST)
  42
  43   What I would like to do is:
  44
  45   foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar
  46
  47   where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it
  48   to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR.
  49
  50   (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
  51
  52 \f
  53 * Copyright notice
  54
  55   Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  56
  57   This file is part of GNU tar.
  58
  59   GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  60   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  61   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  62   any later version.
  63
  64   GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  65   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  66   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  67   GNU General Public License for more details.
  68
  69   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  70   along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  71   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  72   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  73
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